HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-05-26 Board of Assessors MinutesTOWN OF READIN$,. ;
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
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MINUTES
MAY 26, 2010
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
IN ATTENDANCE
MR ROBERT I. NORDS'TRAND, MR FRED A. MCGRANE, MR RALPH
A. COLORUSSO, MR WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT, MS PATRICIA
SULLIVAN.
1. APPOINTMENTS
7:30 PM - JOHN BUCKELY TAX ABATEMENT APPL. #3. THE BOARD
AGREED TO ABATE AN ADDITIONAL 5% OF THE ASSESSED LAND
VALUE ONLY AS A RESULT OF A SECOND DRAINAGE EASEMENT
WHICH CROSSESS THE PROPERTY WHICH HERETOFORE WAS
UNKNOWN TO THE BOARD. VOTE WAS APPROVED 3-0.
8:30 PM - GARY ABRAHAMS TAX ABATEMENT APPL. #13. THE
BOARD AGREED TO ABATE 10% OF THE ASSESSED LAND VALUE
ONLY. THE BOARD MADE IT A POINT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
10% REPRESENTS THE AGGREGATE ABATEMENT FOR THE TAX
YEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, THE TOTAL TAX ABATEMENT WOULD
INCLUDE THE PRIOR $14,500 ABATEMENT WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. VOTE WAS APPROVED 3-0.
2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING/S
MAY 12, 2010 - APPROVED 3-0.
MAY 19, 2010 - APPROVED 3-0 AS AMENDED.
3. SIGNINGS WERE COMPLETED.
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4. OLD BUSINESS NONE NOTED.
5. NEW BUSINESS
A) VOTED 3-0 TO ABATE 85,300 FOR ABATEMENT APPLICATION #111.
B) VOTED 3-0 TO ABATE 23,100 FOR ABATEMENT APPLICATION #117.
6. GENERAL BUSINESS
MR. BOATWRIGHT AND MS. SULLIVAN BRIEFED THE BOARD
ON THE PROGRESS BEING MADE TO CORRECT THE
INFORMATIONAL PROBLEMS WITHIN CAMA.
.7. CORRESPONDENCE NONE NOTED.
8. NEXT MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 'Z 7 00 PM
ADJOURNED: 10:01 PM ATTEST:
. F ED A. MCGRANE
SECRETARY PRO TEM